The distribution of glutamate (Glu), the Glu transporter GLAST-1, and glutamine synthetase (GS) in human and monkey anterior uveal tissue, as well as serum (S) to aqueous humor (AH) Glu and glutamine (Gln) gradients were investigated. Cross-linked Glu (xGlu), GLAST-1, and GS were detected using the immunofluorescent antibody technique. S/AH Glu, Gln, and alanine (Ala) concentrations were quanti...

An unusual odontogenic cyst, which was originally believed to be a clinical dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted mandibular third molar, was found histologically to demonstrate the characteristics of a glandular odontogenic cyst with para- and orthokeratinization. These histologic diversities were interpreted as a reflection of the pluripotentiality of the epithelial remnants of the man...

We evaluated the morphological and functional features of hepatic cyst epithelium in adult autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). In six ADPKD patients, we investigated the morphology of cyst epithelium apical surface by scanning electron microscopy and the expression of estrogen receptors (ERs), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), IGF1 receptors (IGF1-R), growth hormone recepto...

Botryoid cyst, a rare type of odontogenic cyst, is usually considered a multilocular variant of lateral periodontal cyst. It was first described in 1973, and up to the present less than a hundred cases have been reported in the literature. Botryoid cysts are characterized by a multilocular histologic finding and a higher risk of recurrence than lateral periodontal cysts. In this article, we pre...

purpose : to report a case of recurrent corneal intrastromal cyst containing lymph fluid case report : a 13-year-old girl presented with recurrent cyst of the left cornea, which had been drained three years before, but had gradually recurred. the cyst was successfully drained. histologic examination, cytologic analysis, and protein electrophoresis were performed on the cyst fluid. histopatholog...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to report the clinical features, imaging studies, surgical removal, and pathology of congenital iris flocculi in a patient who developed a lifethreatening dissecting aortic aneurysm after 55 years of follow-up. Methods: Documentation with iris photography was performed from age 18 to 55 years, at which time anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) wa...

PURPOSE To show the utility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for studying the anterior segment and to explain its potential advantages as compared to ultrasonic biomicroscopy (UBM). MATERIALS AND METHODS We have described the findings in 5 patients with different pathologies of the anterior segment, all of whom were studied with UBM and OCT-3 adjusted for the anterior segment. There were...

The, condition' may be regarded as a moinimal form of maldevelopment of the optic cup; grosser forms are known, which result in the formation of the various degrees of congenital cyst of the eye. The other form of congenital ectropion uveae is that in which the two ectodermal pigment layers -remain in contact but come to lie further round on the anterior surface of the iris than usual. This is ...